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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781541701700
- Book Title
- Peking Express : the Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5in
- Genre
- Transportation, History
- Topic
- Railroads / History, Asia / China
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Information
In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury-exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow passengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini and lawyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip.Charismatic bandit leader and populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell's trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages.Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits' mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began.Brilliantly written, with new and original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world-becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies-and set the course for China's two-decade civil war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1541701704
ISBN-13
9781541701700
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11057268561
Product Key Features
Book Title
Peking Express : the Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Railroads / History, Asia / China
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Transportation, History
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds793.L5233z56 2023
Reviews
"Vividly characterized... Tremendous insight into little-remembered yet crucial events at the beginning of the formation of modern China." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Mr. Zimmerman peppers his fast-moving narrative with colorful details and memorable characters among both the hostages and their captors."-- The Wall Street Journal, " The Peking Express is a fascinating story, and the author has done an amazing amount of research. It's really an intriguing, impressive work." -- Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Souls of China, "James Zimmerman, a Beijing-based lawyer who has lived in China for more than 25 years, has achieved a modern rarity. He has written a gripping new book on China that has nothing to do with how US-China rivalry is plunging the world into instability or whether Beijing is getting too close to Moscow...So extraordinary are the events recounted in The Peking Express that it reads like fantasy....Aside from yielding a captivating story of robbery, murder, hostages and intrigue, The Peking Express should also appeal to students of Chinese history."-- Financial Times
Lccn
2022-035230
Dewey Decimal
951.152
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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